Monastery
Monastery
Monastery (pronunciation: mɒnəstɛri) is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). The term derives from the Greek word monastērion, from the root monos (alone), and originally signified the dwelling of a hermit.
Etymology
The word Monastery is derived from the Greek word monos, which means 'alone'. This is in reference to the solitary life that monks or nuns lead when they decide to devote their lives to their faith.
Related Terms
- Monk: A member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- Nun: A member of a religious community of women, especially a cloistered one, living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- Hermit: A person living in solitude as a religious discipline.
- Cloister: A covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other.
- Abbey: The building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns.
- Friary: A monastery of friars, in particular one of the mendicant orders.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Monastery
- Wikipedia's article - Monastery
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